On Monday, I wrote about three of my favorite Firefox extensions that help me stay safe when I’m browsing the darker areas of the Web and incoming email. Today, let’s look at three other extensions: Those that can turn Firefox into a feature-filled, Web-hacking weapon. These extensions aren’t required to use Firefox for hacking Web [...]

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I nearly spit out my Enviga while reading this part:
Instructions:
Difficulty: Challenging
Things You’ll Need
* Charisma
* Approaching skills
* Approaching confidence
* A social vibe
Link

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Since I was asked by several peers in a computer course why the printer said Insert Quarter today, so I deemed this post necessary. It is amazing how unaware some people can be. This little perl script allows you to change the “Ready Message” on most HP printers to whatever you’d like. For the [...]

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A NYC photographer friend of mine, sent me this photo he took backstage today. These girls are all from Brazil, 18+, and never been to school. They went straight into modeling.
Here is what they look like when they’re models:
Cintia… red head on left
Caroline… 2nd from left
Bruna… 3rd from left
He didn’t know the 4th
ugh

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Using a number of sneaky attacks, it is possible for phishers and other Web-based bad guys to figure out which Web sites you regularly visit. While the fact that you frequently visit ESPN may not be a problem, such attack techniques can tell the phisher exactly which online bank you use, allowing her to tailor [...]

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“I’ve been participating in a charade for nearly eleven years, now. You have all been a part of a sick joke that I began considering shortly after first getting on the air.”

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http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/

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at the Carnegie Science Center

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I suggest that you set this script up and run it at the beginning of the month for the first time, and then run it for a month before making major changes. In the example below I do the backup to a directory on the local server BACKUPDIR, but you could modify this script to [...]

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summer is just about over. *sigh* couple of videos and photos after the jump.

Photo courtesy of JennThomas.com

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This quite possibly the funniest xkcd I’ve ever read. I’ve always wanted to name a kid with a MySQL code injection attack, or “+++ATH” or “^d^d^c^c^g^g^g^g”. Anything to mess with database nation.

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